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The European Commission is releasing an additional €6 million of humanitarian assistance to Nepal. This support will contribute to the early recovery efforts and address unmet needs, mainly for shelter, livelihoods, health and logistics. This...

Every year natural disasters, conflicts and human rights violations force millions of people to leave their homes and to flee to save their lives. Today, there are more than 59.5 million people in need of help and protection as a consequence of...

In response to the growing humanitarian consequences of the Boko Haram attacks, the European Commission is providing €21 million to help the populations in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries who are affected by the violence inflicted by the...

Around €245 million were pledged today in support of the victims of the deepening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan and the region.The funding will translate into vital assistance for the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis.The European...

The European Commission is releasing €3 million to meet the needs for assistance and protection of the increasing number of Burundi refugees in neighbouring Tanzania. The funding brings the total humanitarian aid foreseen for the Great Lakes region...

The European Commission has announced an extra €25 million in humanitarian aid for the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.The funding is responding to the rapidly increasing needs of internally displaced people in Iraq, and in particular...

The government of South Sudan expelled a senior UN representative without an official explanation. Toby Lanzer has served as the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in South Sudan, as well as the UN Development...

In the early hours of 2 June 2015, nine staff members of the Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) were killed in Zare District of Balkh Province in Afghanistan by an unknown armed group. As a humanitarian partner of the European Commission, PIN carries...

Public support for the EU's humanitarian aid has gone up in spite of the economic crisis, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.90% of European citizens believe that it is important for the EU to continue funding humanitarian aid, a rise of...

The EU, already the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR), has increased its financial humanitarian support to the country by €11 million.In the grip of a crisis since 2013, more than half of CAR's...